Burner well



Aug. 17 1926.

' 1,596,712 H. M. SHEER BURNER WELL Filed Jan; 26, 1924 etO Patented Aug. 17, 1926.

UNITED. stares HENRY M. SHEER, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

BURNER WELL.

Application filed January 26, 1924. Serial No. 688,805.

burner wells.

This invention includes a. drain pipe with the burner well, the idea of the drain being to prevent the burner well from becoming flooded. The drain outlet is intended to be much larger than the oil inlet and will take care of several times the amount of oil that can possibly enter the inlet. When the oil is fed to the burner in excess of requirements as for instance in the initial feed, the surplus will escape through the drain. The burner will naturally consume some of this excess oil while it is passing through the drain, but never enough to cause the flame to smoke.

Therefore, my object in using the drain pipe is to place a catch basin entirely beyond the heat of the burner. This present invention provides a burner that can not be flooded and can not be made to smoke and soot.

A further object of the complete drain is not merely to prevent the oil well from flooding and overflowing but to eliminate the possibility of the flame smoking. A mere overflow does not eliminate smoking, neither does it eliminate danger since it maintains a given depth of oil in the bottom of-the burner well, and when the oil becomes hot enough to vaporize which will happen sooner or later, and which may happen any time, the vapor will smoke and the incoming oil will flow over the top of the oil well. It is my aim to develop an oil heater to a point where it is fundamentally safe so that all so-oalled fire-proof devices will seldom if ever be really needed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional view; and

Fig. 2 is a plan view.

The numeral 1 represents the burner well. 2 is the supply pipe and 3 and 4 are the usual perforated screens. The burner well has a wide flat bottom over which the oil is spread and vaporized.

The numeral 5 is a drain leading from the bottom of the burner well. The drain outlet 6 is larger than the oil inlet 7, making it impossible to flood or overflow the burner we r The pipe 5 leads to a stuffing-box 8 located below the burner Well. A second drain pipe 9 having a goose-neck 10 therein leads from the stufling-box 8 to the catch basin 11. When the goose-neck is turned as shown by full lines in Fig. 1 it temporarily closes the drain while the burner is being primed. When the goose-neck is turned as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, it allows the excess oil to flow to the catch basin 11 and provides a seal or trap to prevent the air from passing through the drain pipe to the burner well.

The drain is preferably located on the opposite side of the burner from the oil inlet, instead of an overflow which is commonly in use. This invention differs from that and has a drain from the bottom. of a wide flat 'bottomedburner well. A complete drain of c flame from smoking, but a mere overflow does not eliminate smoking nor does it prevent danger because it necessarily maintains a given depth of oil in the bottom of the burner well. In other words, an overflow is at some point above the bottom. This drain is at the lowest possible point in the flat bottom of the burner well,

In normal operation the goose-neck 10 will be in the dotted line position of Fig. 1 so that the drain will remain wide-open to carry off any excess oil from the burner well but at the same time the drain pipe will always have a seal or trap to prevent air from entering the burner through the drain pipe and thereby effecting a flame. When it is desiredto prime the burner, the goose-neck 10 is turned up into the full line position of Fig. 1 thereby stopping the flow of oil therethrough. After the'burner is once generated, no oil whatsoever will reach the drain outlet in the burner well, as the oil necessary to produce a maximum flame will be vaporized long before it reaches the drain outlet at the point opposite the oil inlet. But when oil is fed to the burner, as for instance in the initial priming, in excess of requirements, whereby the position of the goose-neck may the drain is there to take care of the surplus be reversed, the outer bent portion of the 10 which immediately escapes through it. goose-neck when turned in its uppermost I claim: position being above the bottom of the A burner Well having supply and drain burner ell.

pipes connected therewith, a goose-neck eX- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. tending laterally from the drain pipe and capable of being turned relative thereto V HENRY M. SHEER. 

